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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
....quite surprised it was used in an episode of Lorimar's 'Knots Landing'. (my old company)
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E_R, were you at Lorimar in 1986?
In 1986, a friend of mine who is a Gone with the Wind aficionado wanted to go see the Selznick Studio Building (the front portion of that building is in GWTW when Scarlett goes to Atlanta) so we drove down to Culver City. We were standing in front of the building on the street by the gate and I said, "Wouldn't it be great if this gate was unlocked?" and I reached over and to my surprise it swung open! So--we walked down the sidewalk and went inside (!) and through a small corridor and out the back by the soundstages. (I think it was Laird International then? Where movies like Airplane and E.T. had been filmed.)
I don't recall we stayed there very long, but after that we decided to walk down to MGM. Near the Thalberg building a lot of people were going in and out of the lot, so we decided to try our luck and walk in. We were successful and looked around here and there and decided to go eat lunch at the commissary! I wish I had written down what I ate and such...the only thing I remember there is that we saw Bill Bixby.
From the place I worked, I had met a casual acquaintance whom I remembered worked somewhere on the lot, in a promotion and publicity capacity, so I thought if anyone questioned our being there I'd say we were looking for him. After the commissary we decided to go find him anyway and we walked by several soundstages...and Esther Williams water tank, I recall. One of the soundstages was open, but seemingly empty (lunch time?) and we peaked inside and then went in and looked around at the sets. They were sets for Knots Landing! (There was some sign informing us of this, probably keep out!)
I had a friend who was very deep into Knots Landing. There was an episode where one of the characters wrote a book and scenes where she was at a bookstore signing them. One of the sets we were on was a bookstore set with copies of this book (fictitious book cover on real books) on a table and such. I shouldn't have, but I couldn't resist getting this souvenir for this friend who was ecstatic over it later on!
We found the worker friend on the lot in his office and he was obviously surprised we were on the lot. He had a half-hour to entertain us and show us some things before we left.
On the way out we went by the studio store, so we went in and I bought an MGM jacket, which is worn out now, but I still have it!
At my work, I also knew a couple people who worked for Lorimar Home Video.
Who knows, maybe I saw you that day?
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Mr. Keaton playing ball on the lawn.
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Nice! I've been "Contemplating the Home of Buster" - so to speak!